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Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95

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On 2015-07-18, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <20150718174642.a5b63a82e6dac2fed868cb18@eircom.net>, Ahem A
> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:06:16 +0100
>>Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <20150718165934.0400de9cfbcbdeb9a3fff5ea@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>>> Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> >On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:06:49 +0100
>>> >Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On 18/07/2015 15:14, Peter Flass wrote:
>>> >> > jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>>> >> {snip}
>>> >> 
>>> >> >> Please give an example where capital is not required.  I can't
>>> >> >> think of anything.  Even prostitution requires a bedroom.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > A lot of software development nowadays.  Most people have already
>>> >> > made the capital investment by buying the hardware anyway.  After
>>> >> > that all it takes is ability and time.
>>> >> >
>>> >> The hardware was bought with money. That is retained capital.
>>> >
>>> >    In my freelance days software was usually developed on hardware
>>> >owned by the customer (with some customers I had a policy of "You get
>>> >your equipment back when I get my cheque"). So from my point of view it
>>> >was a zero capital business.
>>> 
>>> So they should be charging you rent for the equipment usage. So you
>>> need to have the capital, earning interest, to pay for that.
>>
>>    Use of equipment is part of the fee - there's more than one way to
>>look at it.
>
> Not in any way relevant. If you're getting a reduced fee then your take
> home is less than you're worth. You need to do a proper accounting.
>
> And suppose this was a long time ago and the equipment cost a million
> notes. The proper rental could work out at quite a bit. And actually,
> come to think of it, even today if the kit is one of the carrier class
> routers made by the likes of Cisco or Juniper, a million quid is not
> out of line.
>

Wasn't there something about the hardware that Gates and Allen used?


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Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-18 16:06 +0100
  Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 16:59 +0100
    Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-07-18 17:06 +0100
      Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 17:46 +0100
        Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-07-18 18:29 +0100
          Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-18 19:37 +0100
          Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2015-07-18 19:59 +0000
    Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 "kshy" <kshy@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 07:30 +1000
      Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-07-19 07:32 +0100
        Re: 1973--TI 8 digit electric calculator--$99.95 "kshy" <kshy@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 17:01 +1000

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